Sunshine at last!

Although the forecast was for more showers and thunderstorms - and it rained hard most of last night - today the weather got steadily better here in Paris. By late afternoon, as we walked in the Marais, the sun was out and the sky was almost cloudless.

Yesterday we carried umbrellas and used them from time to time, but we were lucky enough to be inside at the Louvre when the heaviest rain fell. On the courtyard by the pyramids, the wind had blown hard enough to push water out of the shallow fountain pools.